The Earth is the board and the cities are real. Almost everything else, from the empire next door to the god your neighbors pray to, never existed
The map is built from 4,396 real cities. Boroughs are merged into their city, so each city is counted once. Every city owns its real district or province, with its real borders as in our world, so all the land is divided and empires look like countries
The whole planet is divided among generated empires, and your game can start anywhere on it, with 2 to 5 neighboring real cities
Empires, nations, rulers and religions are generated, and so are their names, which sound like no real language. The meaning of a religion is generated too, not only its name. When an event names a ruler, a people or a god, that name was made up for your game and has never existed
The game never announces an Iron Age or a Gunpowder Age. There are no eras and no general names for development. People discover technologies one at a time, and a neighbor may already have gunpowder while you do not
The world starts medieval, with ships already at sea. Within one life it can reach the steam engine, factories and railways
Every other empire is ruled by a bot that lives through the same events as you. Half of its decisions are random and half are the advantageous ones, so a few empires grow into great powers on their own while others fall into pieces and new states appear
You see what your fog allows. Everything else happens anyway
Countries are ruled by chieftains, kings, emperors, doges, consuls, presidents or chairmen. They start as tribes and feudal kingdoms and can become parliaments, republics, theocracies, military dictatorships, socialist states or communist states, one event at a time
Every religion is generated, with a name, a meaning and rules that can be odd on purpose: one faith may hold goats sacred. Prophets found new ones, schisms split old ones, and relics, pilgrims and inquisitions all find their way into your reign
Prophets, genius inventors, great generals and admirals, artists, explorers and merchant princes are born in the world by chance. One of them may found a faith, build a machine or take your throne. They are generated like everything else, and they can leave for a rival
Event texts are drama with a dark sense of humor. A plague and a bad idea can share a sentence. Rulers write letters that are insulting, funny or flattering, and once in a long while a legendary event shows up, made for sharing
The game picks it for you. You get the crown anyway
Plays in your browser on desktop and phone. Guest play, no download
